Methods and apparatus for associating mapping functionality and information in contact lists of mobile communication devices
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a map in a mobile communication device having a memory storing a contact list, and a display, the method comprising:
- receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list;
in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location;
determining a user context for the mobile communications device;
sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contentswhere the table of contents describes boundary boxes and attributes of artifacts and labels contained within available map data of a geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information, andwhere the table of contents excludes graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the artifacts and labels contained within the available map data of the geographic area;
receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents;
selecting, based on the table of contents and the user context, a subset of artifacts and labels comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information;
requesting, based on the selecting, the graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the subset of artifacts and labels; and
causing the map with the subset of artifacts and labels to be rendered in the display.
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Abstract
Displaying a map in a mobile communication device. Geographic coordinate information for a location of an address in a contact is determined. A user context for the mobile communications device is also determined. A request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data with the geographic coordinate information of the location as input is sent and the table of contents of available map data is received. A subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information is selected based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context. The subset of the map data is requested and the map with the subset of the map data is caused to be rendered in the display.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a map in a mobile communication device having a memory storing a contact list, and a display, the method comprising:
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receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list; in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location; determining a user context for the mobile communications device;
sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contentswhere the table of contents describes boundary boxes and attributes of artifacts and labels contained within available map data of a geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information, and where the table of contents excludes graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the artifacts and labels contained within the available map data of the geographic area; receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents; selecting, based on the table of contents and the user context, a subset of artifacts and labels comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information; requesting, based on the selecting, the graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the subset of artifacts and labels; and causing the map with the subset of artifacts and labels to be rendered in the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile communication device, cause the one or more processor to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in a contact list; in response to the instruction, determining geographic coordinate information of the location; determining a user context for the device; sending, via a wireless communication network, a request for a table of contents where the table of contents describes boundary boxes and attributes of artifacts and labels contained within available map data of a geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information, and where the table of contents excludes graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the artifacts and labels contained within the available map data of the geographic area; receiving, via the wireless communication network, the table of contents; selecting, based on the table of contents and the user context, a subset of artifacts and labels comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information; requesting, based on the selecting, the graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the subset of artifacts and labels; and causing a map with the subset of artifacts and labels to be rendered in a display.
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11. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) transceiver operative for communications with a wireless network;
a display;a memory storing a contact list including a plurality of contacts;
one or more processors coupled to the RF transceiver, the display, and the memory;the one or more processors, when operating; receives an instruction to map a location of an address of a contact in the contact list;
in response to the instruction, determines geographic coordinate information of the location;determines a user context for the mobile communications device;
sends, via the wireless network, a request for a table of contentswhere the table of contents describes boundary boxes and attributes of artifacts and labels contained within available map data of a geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information, and where the table of contents excludes graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the artifacts and labels contained within the available map data of the geographic area; receives, via the wireless network, the table of contents; selects, based on the table of contents and the user context, a subset of artifacts and labels comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the geographic area containing the geographic coordinate information; requests, based on a selection of the subset of artifacts and labels, the graphic content data to be rendered on a map display of the mobile communication device to represent the subset of artifacts and labels; and causes a map with the subset of artifacts and labels to be rendered in the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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